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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Key Events and Books Agile Manifesto (2001): Defines the four key values and 12 principles of agile as defined by the software developers who created the document David Anderson successfully developed a kanban system for Microsoft XIT Sustaining Engineering Group (2004), which brought kanban from the factory floor to use in knowledge work globally (..)

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IPM Day 2024: 20 Years of Recognizing Project Managers for their Outstanding Contributions to the World

The IIL Blog

The concept was first shared with me in 2004 by Frank Saladis, PMP. We set aside the first Thursday in November each year to recognize the great work that project managers do every day all over the world. I agreed and our annual IPM Day online conference was launched.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

This is the ability of team members to act in concert without explicit coordination (MacMillan, Entin & Serfaty, 2004). This effect has been observed with flight crews (Orasuna, 1990), nuclear plant control crews (Waller, Gupta & Giambatista, 2004), and work teams (Urban et. Academy of Management journal , 52 (3), 581–598. Pruitt, D.

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The Glass Cliff in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The glass cliff was uncovered in 2004 by two psychologists Michelle Ryan and Alex Haslam. In addition to added risk, women leaders are: given less time to take things in a new direction than a male leader more likely to be challenged by male investors 45% more likely to be let go from their position.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

The book “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2004). The paper “SCRUM: An extension pattern language for hyperproductive software development” by Mike Beedle, Martine Devos, Yonat Sharon, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (1999). The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002).

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work. It’s tailorable and suitable for projects of all sizes, large and small. Who is PRINCE2® for? PRINCE2® works in a huge number of industries and domains.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

Articles are now appearing addressing burnout specifically in a project management environment [Verma (1996), Haynes and Love (2004), Richmond and Skitmore (2006), Pinto et al., 2014), and Jugdev et al., Managing project time effectively may eliminate many of the causes we have identified. REFERENCES Freudenberger, H. Staff burn-out.